Gauze > 48 in no w/sal without b at ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI
1100 Magellan Dr, Tehachapi, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1275538530
$3.51
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$13.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$1.70 with AETNA-ALL PLANS vs $13.00 with MEDI-CAL — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| AETNA-ALL PLANS | AETNA-ALL PLANS | $1.70 | ↓ -52% |
| UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS | $2.14 | ↓ -39% |
| UHC JLL CSP | UHC JLL CSP | $2.14 | ↓ -39% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS | $4.50 | ↑ +28% |
| BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN | $4.76 | ↑ +36% |
| UHC MCR ADV | UHC MCR ADV | $5.03 | ↑ +43% |
| UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA | UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA | $5.03 | ↑ +43% |
| TRICARE BLUE SHIELD | TRICARE BLUE SHIELD | $5.03 | ↑ +43% |
| HEALTHNET MCARE | HEALTHNET MCARE | $5.03 | ↑ +43% |
| NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS | NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS | $5.48 | ↑ +56% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $5.53 | ↑ +58% |
| OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS | OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS | $5.78 | ↑ +65% |
| BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS | $5.86 | ↑ +67% |
| COVENTRY- ALL PLANS | COVENTRY- ALL PLANS | $6.04 | ↑ +72% |
| CIGNA- ALL PLANS | CIGNA- ALL PLANS | $6.50 | ↑ +85% |
| WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | $6.99 | ↑ +99% |
| HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS | HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS | $7.33 | ↑ +109% |
| CENTIVO - ALL PLANS | CENTIVO - ALL PLANS | $7.55 | ↑ +115% |
| UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY | UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY | $13.00 | ↑ +270% |
| MEDI-CAL | MEDI-CAL | $13.00 | ↑ +270% |
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Gauze > 48 in no w/sal without b at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Reedley | $2.47 | $2.06 – $26.00 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST | Fort Bragg | $8.58 | $2.14 – $20.67 |
| WILLITS HOSPITAL INC | Willits | $3.90 | $1.61 – $13.00 |
| LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC | Lodi | $0.91 | $1.64 – $15.60 |
| SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Sonora | $2.21 | $2.08 – $26.00 |
| UKIAH ADVENTIST HOSPITAL | Ukiah | $2.60 | $1.61 – $66.41 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | not published | $7.13 – $7.13 |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center | Burbank | not published | $7.13 – $7.13 |